New Sony lenses announced at PMA!


(disregard the EXIF data; this was obviously a photograph of a slideshow at PMA. Credit to CNET News.)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-10186271-39.html

This doesn’t quite match what I’ve heard, but they apparently are:

Full frame:
1) super telephoto
2) 28-75mm F2.8

APS-C only:
1) 50mm F1.8 DT
2) 30mm F2.8 DT Macro
3) 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT (probably restyled)
4) 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 DT

Of course, I’d rather there be a 30mm or 35mm F1.8 DT lens to give the same angle of view as a 50mm lens on full-frame… quite like the Nikkor AF-S 35mm F1.8G. The only downside to that lens is its minimum focus distance of 30cm – the previous Nikkor AF-D 35mm F2.0 had a minimum focus distance of 25cm and a maximum magnification of 1:4.2x, the biggest of any Nikkor “normal” prime which was not a macro! Of course, the Nikkor AF-D 35mm F2.0 doesn’t autofocus for the Nikon D40/D40x/D60…

Oh, and…
Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM and 50-200mm F4-5.6 DC OS HSM for Sony!

This is what DPReview says:
This lens features a new Optical Stabilization unit which Sigma claims will work on Sony and Pentax bodies with in-body stabilization systems.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0903/09030304sigma18mm50mm.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0903/09030303sigma50mm200mm.asp

The Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM is also internal focus and internal zoom!

Both aren’t as spectacular in minimum focus distance (MFD), though, with the Sigma 18-50mm F2.8-4.5 DC OS HSM having a plain 30cm MFD instead of the fantastic 20cm MFD of the Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 DC and Sigma 18-50mm F2.8 DC. Even the Sony 55-200mm F4-5.6 DT bests the Sigma equivalent at a 95cm MFD.

Oh, and the Sigma 10-20mm F3.5 EX DC HSM is the brightest ultra-wide DT lens we’ve ever had. Sigma seems to be going back to 82mm filter sizes though.

3 thoughts on “New Sony lenses announced at PMA!

  1. Albert Ng Post author

    Sarah: It’s alright to not know everything about the worlddd!

    KJ: I wonder too! The mock has a MFD of 1.2 meters so I found that very weird.

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